Posts by Melody Smith
Smarter Assistants Are Possible
Siri, IBM’s Watson and other such services are good examples of how smart personal assistants are increasingly listening and understanding what is being said. Computers are increasingly using natural language processing, semantic analysis, and machine learning, combined with data to understand humans, conjure up answers and recommendations or direct people to services and information.
Read MoreSocial Collaboration for Non-Profits
Several Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) opportunities are working to bring social collaboration to non and for-profit organizations. One example is Socialtext, who has recently launched a strategic partnership with NetDocuments. ClimateWorks Foundation uses the Socialtext application to enable its global network of non-profits to collaborate and share best practices. This social knowledge exchange is a different approach for the non-profit sector.
Read MoreDoctor Who?
Healthcare systems are or should be, frantically preparing for the ICD-10 transition. But what about the physicians? Is someone paying enough attention in their preparation? They will be responsible for the clinical documentation required when the number of diagnosis codes jumps from 14,000 to 68,000 next year.
Read MoreManaging Data and Science
Thermo Fisher Scientific releases an updated version of their ProteinCenter software. This product includes more than 223 million protein-protein interactions in its database and direct support for the Cytoscape open source platform. This new version of ProteinCenter includes plug-ins for bioinformatics, social network analysis, and the semantic web.
Read MoreLeveraging Your Taxonomy – Part 4
As we continue this series on search and how it works, we have to address accuracy. First, how are we are going to measure accuracy?
Read MoreBizarre ICD-10 Codes
With all the concern and stress around the ICD-10 implementation, there is some levity to be found. Outlandish types of ICD-10 codes have been compiled for our viewing pleasure.
Read MoreSimba Releases ODBC SDK 9
Simba Technologies has released SimbaEngine ODBC SDK 9, which offers deeper customizability, new data driver deployment configurations and additional support for big data and cloud database platforms.
Read MoreICD-10 Summit Held
The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is one of the most talked about topics in healthcare. With the looming deadline of October 2013 not that far away, one software solution organization hosted an ICD-10 Summit to bring together industry experts from across the country.
Read MoreGreater Connection with Multi-Lingual Capabilities
Invention Machine has unveiled Goldfire Connect, the new software to help global manufacturers achieve greater efficiency and produce market-leading products.
Read MoreStandards Can Help Manage Big Data
Between buzzwords like “cloud” and “big data”, it is hard to see through the mirage of mobile devices and social networks let alone analyze or store the data it produces.
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